Memory Circuit Design Engineer (CMOS)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; hybrid work model with time split between the assigned hirify.global site and off-site work.

Annual salary: $164,470–$269,100 USD

Company

hirify.global develops computing technologies and advanced CPU and SoC products.

What you will do

• Design and develop full-custom and compiler-based SRAMs, caches, multi-ported register files, ROMs, custom memories, and associated digital circuits.
• Perform memory circuit design, technical readiness activities, characterization, and simulations.
• Design cache paths and custom blocks, including critical-path simulations.
• Develop memory bit-cells, complex peripheral circuits, memory arrays, and IP.
• Drive memory path-finding, circuit innovation, and power, performance, and area optimization.
• Define methodologies and execute work against project schedules in collaboration with architecture, process technology, physical design, and product engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a STEM-related field with 6+ years of experience; or a relevant master’s degree with 4+ years; or a PhD with 2+ years of educational or work experience.
• Proficiency in CMOS circuit design, memory design, and power, performance, and area trade-offs.
• Expertise in VLSI circuits and design methodologies.
• Analytical problem-solving skills, technical curiosity, ownership, and the ability to work independently.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with low-power implementation techniques.
• Familiarity with circuit and layout trade-offs for optimized design.
• Knowledge of digital circuit design tools, design flows, dynamic simulations, variation analysis, and signal integrity analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with architects, circuit designers, process technology experts, and product engineering teams on next-generation computing platforms.
• Hybrid work model combining on-site and off-site work.
• Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced memory technologies focused on performance, power efficiency, and scalability.